Joshua returned to his feet but was dropped a second time in the opening round, stunning the crowd in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
However he came out roaring in round two and landed two devastating punches to send Prenga flying into the ropes in a brutal KO.<\/p>\n
The Albania was unable to continue with Joshua\u2019s victory setting up a fight with Fury, who defeated Mariusz Wach in a non-televised bout in the early hours of Saturday morning [AEST].<\/p>\n
Joshua was seen laughing as soon as he knocked out Prenga, and the Brit was in a playful mood during his post-fight interview, even mimicking the great Mike Tyson.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was gonna rip his heart out, I\u2019m the best ever,\u201d said Joshua when asked about fighting Fury.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m the most brutal and vicious and most ruthless champion there\u2019s ever been, there\u2019s no one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, I\u2019m Alexander\u2014he\u2019s no Alexander. I\u2019m the best ever. There\u2019s never been anybody as ruthless.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joshua called out for Fury but the Gypsy King was nowhere to be seen inside the venue.<\/p>\n
The two titans have agreed to a blockbuster fight in November after signing a deal with Saudi powerbroker Turki Alalshikh.<\/p>\n
Joshua broke down in tears at the end of his fight – his first since being involved in a car crash that claimed the lives of his close friends, Latif \u201cLatz\u201d Ayodele and Sina Ghami, in December.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am a serious fighter and I know what to do around the ring,\u201d said Joshua after his win.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe [Prenga] gave me a good test but we got up and that\u2019s what champions do.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was more than power \u2013 that was Sina and Latz and family. I can\u2019t even talk about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been tough\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were my brothers \u2013 I don\u2019t want to talk about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI learned I cannot be stopped or denied. I am coming, trust me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua survived two knockdowns before brutally KO\u2019ing Kristian Penga to set up a blockbuster fight with Tyson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[387910,377123,400271,400290,400312,400296,400294,400285,398740,391203,400270,400311,400279,400298,400291,400276,400301,400303,8075,64,63,802,312549,400302,34906,120167,5946,2582,10806,400275,379545,400281,400310,400314,400309,400283,400267,400308,1916,377106,400297,400299,53380,400289,400293,400292,194032,374639,400286,387049,400278,377271,23695,38065,6091,400282,184338,65082,46907,400266,400272,37042,400306,85,400300,8825,46206,381352,377133,400284,400304,377455,377127,400277,400287,215379,400273,400268,400274,391745,400280,390333,2974,400295,400313,54798,400288,400269,400305,8691,400307],"class_list":["post-827162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-s-victory","tag-11am-aest-tim-tszyu","tag-a-blockbuster-fight","tag-a-boxer","tag-a-brutal-ko","tag-a-brutal-ko-the-albania","tag-a-car-crash","tag-a-conqueror","tag-a-deal","tag-a-fight","tag-a-fight-tszyu-v-spence-jr","tag-a-good-test","tag-a-menacing-gesture","tag-a-non-televised-bout","tag-a-playful-mood","tag-a-second-time","tag-a-serious-fighter","tag-alexander-he","tag-anthony-joshua","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-fans","tag-brutal-ko","tag-champions","tag-december","tag-event","tag-family","tag-fury","tag-future-hall-of-famer-errol-spence-jr","tag-his-career","tag-his-close-friends","tag-his-feet","tag-his-fight","tag-his-first","tag-his-heart","tag-his-post-fight-interview","tag-his-win","tag-joshua","tag-july-26","tag-just-20-seconds","tag-kayo-sports-joshua","tag-ko","tag-kristian-penga","tag-latif-latz-ayodele-and-sina-ghami","tag-lennox","tag-main-event","tag-mariusz-wach","tag-morning-aest-joshua","tag-my-brothers","tag-no-alexander","tag-no-one","tag-november","tag-order","tag-power","tag-prenga","tag-round-two","tag-ruthless","tag-saturday","tag-saudi-arabia-however","tag-saudi-powerbroker-turki-alalshikh-joshua","tag-shock","tag-sina-and-latz","tag-sports","tag-star-drops","tag-sunday","tag-tears","tag-the-best","tag-the-biggest-name","tag-the-brit","tag-the-canvas","tag-the-contest","tag-the-crowd","tag-the-earliest","tag-the-early-hours","tag-the-end","tag-the-former-heavyweight-champion","tag-the-great-mike-tyson","tag-the-gypsy-king","tag-the-lives","tag-the-most-brutal-and-vicious-and-most-ruthless-champion","tag-the-opening-round","tag-the-ring","tag-the-ropes","tag-the-venue-the","tag-the-world","tag-two-devastating-punches","tag-two-knockdowns","tag-two-titans","tag-tyson-fury","tag-tyson-fury-fight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}